Best Practice In Social Media By IFAs And Providers To Be Recognised With New Awards

IFA and Financial Planners’ Social Networking site IFA Life announced three awards today which will be presented at the Social Media in Financial Services Conference on November 4th  2010. As Social Media becomes a mainstream networking, marketing and communication tool within Financial Services, IFA Life is recognising those who exhibit …

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Forget money to become richer online

Simon Cowell – does he worry about money?Picture courtesy: Wiki Edit Jonny There are two things we know about X-Factor judge Simon Cowell for sure: one is he is very rich, two, he knows loads of people in the entertainment industry. From a business perspective it is interesting to think …

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Vocus Webinar with David Meerman Scott: Real-Time Marketing and PR

“Wake up, its revolution time!” wrote David Meerman Scott (http://www.twitter.com/dmscott) in his new book Real-Time Marketing & PR (http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/books_real-time.htm). “Gone are the days when you could plan out your marketing and public relations programs well in advance and release them on your timetable. It’s a real-time world now, and if …

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Premier Inn Introduces UK’s First Twitter Concierge Service

Premier Inn has announced it will be introducing an innovative Twitter-based ‘virtual’ concierge service for its guests, shaking up the traditional hotel concierge. Not only is this revolutionary take on the concierge concept a UK first, but Premier Inn is also becoming the first budget hotel chain to offer a …

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IFA Life launches new jobs and careers site

In response to growing demand from IFAs and financial services recruiters, IFA Life today announces the launch of IFA Life Jobs and Careers at http://www.ifalifejobs.com. The site features traditional online job advertising by recruiters, agencies and individual IFA firms, but in an industry first will utilise many cutting edge social …

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People want you to give them something for nothing

David Cameron signalled the end of the “something for nothing” culture when he spoke at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham today. He said that the days are gone when the state would support you if you could work, but decided not to. This is manna to the Tory faithful …

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Actions speak louder than words on your blog

Sir Norman WisdomPicture Courtesy: Charles Roberts/Online Transport Archive The sad news that Sir Norman Wisdom has passed away at the ripe old age of 95 marks the end of an era. The days of the slapstick, knock-about, physical comedian are largely gone. Even the clowns in circuses these days rely …

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An Innovation in Social Shopping

Camelot Venture Group announced today the launch of a new service to consumers called WANT. With WANT, consumers have a brand new way to share lists of products they desire with friends and families via email or by pushing their WANTs out to Facebook. The unique aspect is that WANTers …

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Keep children safe on the internet with CYBERminder

A NEW device for ensuring children’s safety when accessing the Internet has been launched by Atlantic Surf Ltd. CYBERminder is a smart computer system that consists of two USB keys – a ‘Supervise’ key for parental use and a ‘Protect’ age-related key for the child. Giving parents peace-of-mind it allows …

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